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Phishing Alert: “Available Position”

More remote work scams!


 

Recently, the Division of Information Technology(DoIT) received multiple reports of a job scam phishing email. The scammers are offering a position as a Personal Assistant. Below is an example of the phishing email. We removed the To field for privacy purposes.


From: Student Careers <studentjobs@pantherz.net>

Date: Thu, Feb 17, 2022 at 7:10 AM

Subject: Available Position.

To:

 

 

Position: Personal Assistant/Part-Time (Work-Remotely)

Pay: 400.00 USD (Weekly)

Hours: 10 hours (Weekly Average)

 

Dr. Barbara B. Abrahams am currently looking for a Personal Assistant to provide personalized secretarial and administrative support in a well-organized and timely manner. You will work on a one-to-one basis on a variety of tasks related to manager’s working life and communication.

 

Ideally, I am looking for someone who has:

• Strong organizational skills with an ability to prioritize and manage competing deadlines

• Possess a high-level of professionalism and communicate in a formal manner (both verbally and written)

• Diary management skills

• Up to date with latest Google applications and calendar

• MS Office knowledge

• Well presented

 

Experience/Qualifications:

• MS Office and English proficiency

• Outstanding organizational and time management skills

• Up to date with latest Google applications and calendar

• Ability to multitask and prioritize daily reminders

• Eligible to work in USA

Interested in applying for the above position? Send a copy of your Resume/Cover Letter to dr.babhams@gmail.com.

 


Other than the usual red flags (spelling, spacing, and grammatical errors), another potential red flag is the email’s content. This email template is very common among scammers. After a quick Google search, we found a few Job scams articles with the same template. So, if you are ever in doubt about an email, Google it! Real job offers would not use a well-known phishing template when offering you a job opportunity. 



As usual, if you receive any similar messages, please forward them with the headers tosecurity@umbc.edu. For instructions, visit: https://wiki.umbc.edu/pages/viewpage.action?pageId=1867970.


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Posted: February 21, 2022, 12:06 PM